For the game, the Bengals out-rushed the Steelers, 198-51. Why the Bengals wonĬincinnati immediately got its running game going with Mixon, who ran for 49 yards on the Bengals' opening drive. Here's a closer look at what transpired in Cincinnati on Sunday. The Steelers didn't score their first touchdown until Ben Roethlisberger hit rookie tight end Pat Freiermuth on a 15-yard completion with 2:59 left. Mixon, who also exited the game early, extended the Bengals' lead to 38 points on his one-yard touchdown run two minutes into the fourth quarter. Higgins led both teams with 114 yards on six receptions.

The teams then traded interceptions, but the Bengals' pick was returned 24 yards for a score by former Pittsburgh cornerback Mike Hilton, who scored Cincinnati's third touchdown of the second quarter.īurrow went 20 of 24 passing before leaving the game four minutes into the fourth quarter. Cincinnati's next drive ended with a one-yard touchdown run by Joe Mixon, who ran for 117 of his 165 yards in the first half. After both teams traded field goals, Burrow hit Tee Higgins for a 32-yard score at the start of the second quarter. The Steelers, winless in their last three games, fell to 5-5-1.Ĭincinnati didn't waste any time on Sunday, as Joe Burrow capped off the Bengals' first drive with an eight-yard touchdown run. Most important, the win moved the Bengals to 7-4 and in sole possession of second place in the AFC North division standings. The victory marked the Bengals' first three-game winning streak over the Steelers since 1990 and Cincinnati's first season sweep of Pittsburgh since 2009. Cincinnati defeated Pittsburgh by the same score back in Week 2 of the 1989 season. The 31-point win matched Cincinnati's largest ever margin of victory over Pittsburgh. Cincinnati parlayed a 31-3 halftime lead into a 41-10 blowout victory. Sunday had a changing of the guard feeling in Cincinnati, as the Bengals ran roughshod over the visiting Steelers, a team that for decades had been a thorn in Cincinnati's side.

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